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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cumaná

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cumaná

Roman Catholic archdiocese in Venezuela

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cumaná (Latin: Archidioecesis Cumanensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Cumaná in Venezuela.

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History

On 12 October 1922 Pope Pius XI established the Diocese of Cumaná from the Diocese of Santo Tomás de Guayana.[1] Pope John Paul II elevated the diocese to an archdiocese on 16 May 1992.[2]

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Sixto Sosa Díaz (16 June 1923[1] – 29 May 1943)[3]
  • Crisanto Darío Mata Cova (21 October 1949 – 30 April 1966)[3] Appointed, Archbishop of Ciudad Bolívar
  • Mariano José Parra León (30 November 1966 – 12 March 1987)[3]
  • Alfredo José Rodríguez Figueroa (12 March 1987[3] – 17 September 2001)
  • Diego Padrón (27 March 2002[4] – 24 May 2018)[5]
  • Jesús González de Zárate Salas (24 May 2018[5] – present)

Auxiliary bishops

  • Rafael Ignacio Arias Blanco (1937-1939), appointed Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela
  • Pedro Pablo Tenreiro Francia (1939-1954), appointed Bishop of Guanare
  • Eduardo Herrera Riera (1965-1966), appointed Bishop of Guanare
  • Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez (1997-2000), appointed Bishop of Carúpano

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Antonio José Ramírez Salaverría, appointed Bishop of Maturín in 1958
  • Tomás Enrique Márquez Gómez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad Bolívar in 1963
  • Mariano José Parra Sandoval, appointed Bishop of San Fernando de Apure in 1994

Suffragan dioceses

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. XV. 1923. pp. 99–102, 357, 611. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  2. [2]
    Acta Apostolicae Sedis (PDF). Vol. LXXXIV. 1992. pp. 938–9. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  3. [3]
    "Episcopologio". Archdiocese of Cumaná (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 August 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  4. [4]
    "Rinunce e Nomine, 27.03.2002" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 27 March 2002. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Resignations and Appointments, 24.05.2018" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2023.

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